Last week, Otto Marine Limited, which was formerly listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited ("SGX"), filed an application to place itself under judicial management and for the appointment of an interim judicial manager.

Prakash Pillai conducted an exclusive interview with Toby Landau QC, a renowned British lawyer and arbitration expert who is the first Queen's Counsel (QC) to be called to the Singapore Bar since the independence of Singapore.

The High Court of Singapore has, in the recent decision of JVL Agro Industries Ltd v Agritrade International Pte Ltd [2016] SGHC 126, set aside an SIAC arbitral award on the basis that there had been...

Counterparties of Swiber Holdings Limited and its group companies would do well to keep a close tab on any debts outstanding from the group. Swiber, an SGX-listed company in the oil fields services sector...

On 27 May 2016, South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., once the country's fourth-largest shipbuilding firm by revenue, filed for court-supervised rehabilitation, in the Seoul Central District Court.

The IMF, in a January 2016 update to its World Economic Outlook, revised its global growth projections for 2016 and 2017 down by 0.2%, citing a decline in emerging markets' growth and lower prices for energy and other commodities

Prior to the amendment of the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 ("the Act"), India's journey towards becoming an international commercial hub that could rival Singapore and London was hampered...